Grant Writing Tips
While there are several sites on the web with grant-writing advice, this selection will cover most aspects of the writing process. The best guidelines for writing proposals come from the funder--follow the directions!
A Guide for Proposal Writing
As one of the major funding agencies in the country, the National Science Foundation is an authoritative source of information for grantseekers. This web guide was written for applicants within the Division of Undergraduate Education and serves more as general guidelines for an applicant than as specific guidelines for a particular program.
A Proposal Writing Short Course
This web-based short course from the Foundation Center is thorough and filled with examples. Like other good guides, the course stresses the preparation required to create a winning proposal as well as the different parts of a proposal itself.
Basic Elements of Grant Writing
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a funding organization that reads hundreds of applications every year. They have created a guide that helps CPB grantseekers and applicants to other organizations.
EPA Grant-writing Tutorial
From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this tutorial provides users much of the same information found in other guides but in a different format. The site leads users through a grantwriting activity while offering tips and examples on different screens.
Grant-Writing Tools from the Web
Various Internet sites provide concrete advice on writing grant applications.
Knowledge Transfer Center
This technology transfer program shares ideas and products developed through federal funds at a Department of Energy project in New Mexico. One of the products disseminated through this web site, which requires free registration, is GRANTSAT, an assessment to use on your grant proposals before you submit them.
Proposal Writer's Guide
While this guide from the University of Michigan is geared to academic researchers, the information works for all grantseekers.
The Grantwriter's Bookshelf
Reviews of several current books that guide you step-by-step through the grantwriting process.
Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
The Minnesota Council on Foundations has created this guide for grantseekers in Minnesota, but like other sites listed here, the information is useful for many applicants.
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